The annual Perseid meteor shower is a result of Earth passing through the debris trail left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This celestial event reached its peak overnight, coinciding with a new moon that created optimal stargazing conditions by eliminating interference from moonlight. Take a look at the shooting stars captured in various locations.
In the early hours of Thursday, Perseid meteor streaks illuminated the sky above Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, as shown in the image below.
Witnesses observed a meteor streaking across the sky at Visnjan Observatory in Croatia on Wednesday evening, as depicted in the image below.
Another meteor streaked across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica, near Kratovo, North Macedonia, early Thursday morning, as seen in the image below.
People gathered at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala, near Belgrade, Serbia, to witness the Perseid meteor shower.
A meteor streaked across the night sky above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, as captured in the image below.
In Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the streaks of two satellites were visible during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday night, as shown in the image below.
A Perseid meteor streaked across the night sky behind St. Mark’s Tower, a 17th-century coastal fortification near the village of Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, Malta, as seen in the image below.